![Top: Owner and instructor Edmon Muradyan, 46, instructs Jae Chung, 49, and Anthony Refuerzo, 61, during a firearms training course organized by Asian Americans for Asian Americans at the Marshall Security Training Academy & Range in Compton, Calif. Bottom left: Bullet casings in the shooting range. Bottom right: A participant shows her paper target after her first time at a shooting range.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/04/08/untitled-1_custom-808dc88dce08555c87597bfbe969e8fad3cec759.jpg)
At a recent firearms training session in southern California, a small group of Asian Americans had mixed reactions to acquiring a gun.
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At a recent firearms training session in southern California, a small group of Asian Americans had mixed reactions to acquiring a gun.